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Jun 1, 2018 · by Alice Munro. from Open Secrets. Trevor. The title character in Munro’s “The Albanian Virgin” is neither Albanian nor a virgin. At one point, she assumes the role of an Albanian man. And, we learn after her introduction, she is actually a fictional character in a story within the story.
Jun 19, 1994 · The Albanian Virgin. By Alice Munro. June 19, 1994. Photograph by Inge Morath / Magnum. In the mountains, in Malesia e madhe, she must have tried to tell them her name, and “Lottar” was what they...
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- Blurredboundaries Between Fiction and Reality
- The Stoicism of Albanian Women
- Authenticitythrough Minimalistic Elegance
Fromthe first sentence, Munro recklessly plunges the reader into this conflict. Sherelates the short story without chronology and without equipping the readerwith any background knowledge. The reader jumps from contemporary Canada intothe Albania of the early 20th century, not knowing which elements arehistorically derived and which ones are purely...
Munrodoes not victimize the Albanian women in her short story. Neither does shecondemn the patriarchal circumstance of Albanian society. Instead, she highlightsthe women’s strength, splendor and joie de vivre. Munro sees a stoicism inAlbanian women: even though they are living in inequality, nobody can tempertheir delight. Nonetheless,she repeatedl...
Munro’slanguage is decent and discreet. Her formulations are trenchant. It is,however, notable that she renders certain passages of her short story moredynamic through the repetition of words. I can’t help but be stuck by Munro’sminimalistic elegance, which intensifies the story’s authenticity. It makesreading her short story a very intimate experi...
Albania, 1958. Luana, the daughter of a well respected man in the village, makes friends with Agim, the son of traitors who were banned from the city by communists. As a young woman Luana experiences more and more to be a woman is a curse and takes unusual actions to end her situation as a victim.
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